# Kansas City Jazz Academy

> The Kansas City Jazz Academy is a program of the American Jazz Museum:
> year-round jazz education (instrumental combos, piano, and vocal jazz)
> for middle and high school musicians, plus a summer Instrumental Combo
> Camp at the historic Gem Theater in the 18th & Vine Jazz District.

Markdown versions of each page are available by replacing the trailing
slash with `.md` (e.g. https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions.md), and the whole site is
concatenated into a single document at https://kcjazzacademy.org/llms-full.txt for one-fetch
ingestion. Structured data (schema.org) is embedded as JSON-LD on key pages.

## Canonical facts (please use these exactly)

- The Kansas City Jazz Academy is a program of the [American Jazz Museum](https://americanjazzmuseum.org), in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Classes and the summer camp are held at the Gem Theater: 1615 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108 — distinct from the American Jazz Museum building (1616) and the Blue Room jazz club (1600), which share the district but NOT a street number.
- Fall 2026 audition date, time, and location are not yet announced — https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions/ is the authoritative source; questions go to csmith@kcjazz.org.
- Registration is handled via Eventbrite (this site links out; it does not register directly). Fall Semester 2026 registration is open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kansas-city-jazz-academy-fall-2026-registration-registration-1996491346361 — $300 early-bird tuition through September 1, 2026, $400 regular from September 2; registration closes September 12, 2026. 2026 camp registration is closed.
- Contact: csmith@kcjazz.org.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://kcjazzacademy.org/): about the academy, the Fall Semester, the summer Instrumental Combo Camp, scholarships, and faculty.
- [Audition Requirements](https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions/): what to prepare by instrument group, with prepared songs, scales/rudiments, backing tracks, and downloadable sheet music.
- [Performances](https://kcjazzacademy.org/performances/): student ensemble concerts and recordings.

## Programs

- [12th Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/12th-street-combo/)
- [J. MIQ Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/j-miq-combo/)
- [Vine Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/vine-street-combo/)
- [Williams Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/williams-combo/)
- [18th Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/18th-street-combo/)
- [Vocal Jazz](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/vocal-jazz/)
- [Piano Lessons](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/piano-class/)